Silver Lining and the Golden Mean via Coronavirus: 3rd Sunday in Lent

3rdSunday in Lent

As we gather as a family, I think it is to speak about the issue around the world with the COVID-19

• Two extremes

  -   One seems to be panicky, hording, thinking it’s the apocalypse 
  -   The other side seems like this is ridiculous, a joke, something that is not really hurting anybody

• As St. Thomas Aquinas Patron believed in finding the Golden Mean and, Ecclesiastes: “nothing new under the sun”

So how do we respond to this situation?

• First, with some wise comments from Fr. Jim Bissonette, our administrator
• Read letter
• Know that yes, God has given us gifts with science, technology, immunization, etc. but we also have our spiritual lives
• Pray, pray, pray
• Communion in Hospitals/homes

  -   Myself and Eucharistic Ministers
  -   Hospitals

§  Communication with hospitals, nursing homes that often protocols and/or have safety garments
  -   Homes

§  Come Holy Spirit

• Service for those who need food, medicine, how could we quickly realize for those who could pick up groceries for those who are lonely and not able to get groceries?

  -   Senior Linkage

• How do we support our loved ones or those at the hardest moments of their lives?

  -   Here I think of St. Therese of Calcutta
  -   St. Damien and St. Marianne Cope
  -   What is God calling you to do?

“we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom we have gained access by faith
to this grace in which we stand,
and we boast in hope of the glory of God.”

God, may your will be done, and may we serve our neighbors

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